BA Politics and International Studies (Single Honours)

Year 1

Required Modules

Students to take a minimum of 90 credits and a maximum of 120 credits from:

• Modern Political Analysis I (15 credits)
  and
  Modern Political Analysis II (15 credits)
  
  
• Globalisation of World Politics I (15 credits)
  and
  Globalisation of World Politics II (15 credits)
  
  
• British Government and Politics (15 credits)
  and/or
  The State of Britain (15 credits)
  
  
• History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity (15 credits)
  and/or
  History of Political Thought: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance (15 credits)

Option Modules

Students may take a maximum of 30 credits from:

• Comparative Celtic Politics (30 credits)
• Modules from other disciplines subject to the approval of the programme convenors

Year 2

Students to take 120 credits from:

• American Politics (15 credits)
• Introduction to Security in World Politics (15 credits)
• Modern Political Thought: From Hobbes to Wollstonecraft (15 credits)
• Modern Political Thought: From Kant to Marx (15 credits)
• Media, Public Opinion and Campaigns (15 credits)
• Introduction to Postcolonial Politics (15 credits)
• Gendering World Politics (15 credits)
• The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (15 credits)
• POC2015 Global Environmental Politics
• POC2016 Sustainability and Policy
• Up to 30 credits from other disciplines subject to the approval of the programme convenors

Year 3

Required Module

• Politics and International Studies Dissertation (30 credits)

Option Modules

• Political Psychology of Elites and Masses (30 credits)
• Political Participation (30 credits)
• Justice, Rights, and Violence (30 credits)
• Gender, Militarization and Resistance (30 credits)
• POC3010 Chinese Politics (15 credits)
• Up to 30 credits from other disciplines subject to the approval of the programme convenors

Entry Requirements

For details of A-Level and International Baccalaureate entry requirements for this course, please refer to the Politics Entry Requirements on our Undergraduate Study site.

Applicants with other qualifications should please refer to Entrance Requirements on our Undergraduate Study webpages.

Typical Offer
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Offers/Interviews
If you receive an offer, you will be invited to visit us at a Post Offer Open Day at the Cornwall Campus. Exceptionally, some applicants may be required to attend for formal interview.

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